Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 08:42:30 -0700

From: Dan Alford dalford[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]S1.CSUHAYWARD.EDU

Subject: Re: Phrase



Sounds like a possible British usage -- reversed from ours the way "It's

up to me" in America comes out "It's down to me" in Brit (df Rolling Stones).



On Wed, 27 Sep 1995, Michael Elkins wrote:



The following sentence was posted in a message on another list:



Have we any garment-district editors who, like me, have nothing better

to do than chase up ancient usages?



Is anyone else familiar with this usage of "chase up"? For me, growing

up in central Texas, it has always been "chase down."



Michael Elkins, Managing Editor

The Advocate, Los Angeles

melkins[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]advocate.com